Welcome to the
website for the Martin/St. Lucie Chapter, Sunshine District of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Inc.
The chapter was chartered in 1975 as the Martin Mariners, now in Martin & St. Lucie Counties, Florida.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

It is our mission to provide an opportunity for men who like to sing and to assist those who want to improve their abilities as singers. We will serve the musical needs of those singers by actively supporting a wide variety of barbershop activities, to include singing in a chorus or a quartet. We will strive to achieve a quality of performance that will enable us to perform for the public and be self-supporting.

OUR MOTTO

Harmony, Fellowship and Fun

Could You Sing Barbershop?

The Martin/St. Lucie Mariners Barbershop Chorus is constantly looking for men who like to sing. Whether singing with the car radio, around the bar or in the shower you may have asked yourself Why couldnt I sing with a chorus? Very likely you could sing barbershop.

Although it is an advantage to be able to read music, such as you may have
experienced in your high school band or singing in your church choir, it is not an
essential. Many barbershoppers are
unable to read music. Songs are learned
primarily from audio tapes supplied to the chorus and by repetition at chorus rehearsal
sessions.

The main requirement is that you have a clear strong voice and that you can, as the
saying goes, carry a tune. That
is, sing a simple song in the same key from the beginning to the end.And, of course, you must be willing to follow
direction.

The more you learn and sing barbershop songs, the greater will be your appreciation
of the art form. Sing-outs and
competitions for quartets and choruses occur regularly around the country.Many of our members are eager to travel
considerable distances to hear and see top-notch performers.

So if you think you might be interested, come visit us some Tuesday
evening at the
North Stuart Baptist Church. If
you wish, just sit and listen. Or if you would
like to get your feet wet, well give you a guest book of music and you
can join right in.